Obituaries

Betty Pierce

Oct 23, 2017

Elizabeth Caroline Vandermeer (Betty Pierce), 82, of Abilene passed away Monday, October 23, 2017. Betty was born on November 10, 1934 in Nampa, Idaho to John and Ruby Vandermeer. She attended Nampa High School and graduated in 1952. She married Duane M. Pierce on June 21, 1953 in Parma, Idaho and spent 59 wonderful years until Duane's passing in...

Jeanette Cates

Oct 23, 2017

Jeanette was born on July 24, 1924, the daughter of Rev. Lloyd Thomas Grantham and Ruth Coleman Grantham. Her girlhood unfolded in Central Mississippi where her father traveled to pastor a circuit of country churches around the time of The Great Depression. She learned to play the piano during this time and traveled with him as accompanist for congregational...

Iva Wester

Oct 14, 2017

Iva Lee Wester (92) passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017, at her home in Abilene, TX. Iva was born August 18, 1925, in Henrietta, TX, to Sadie (born Engledow) and Dawson Stone. She was the second of ten children and graduated from Nocona High School in Nocona, TX. After graduation, Iva was working at the bank in Nocona when...

Vanes Thompson

Oct 14, 2017

Vanes Dupree Thompson, 56 of Hawley passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2017. Visitation will be 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A graveside service will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in the Hawley Cemetery. Van was born in Abilene, Texas on August 15, 1961 to...

Mina Huff

Oct 12, 2017

Mina L. Fields Huff, 81, of Abilene, TX, has gone home to be with the Lord on Thursday October 12th, 2017 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. A home going celebration will be held Friday, October 20, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, 608 Nth 7th St., Abilene, TX. Burial will follow in the Abilene City Cemetery. Visitation...

Violet Frazier

Oct 10, 2017

Violet Hart Frazier, 95, passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at her home on Tanglewood Drive, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be 1:00 Pm, October 17, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South, Abilene, Texas. Graveside will take place 3:00PM, October 17, 2017 at Corinth Cemetery located between Cisco and Eastland, Texas, on County Road 154....

Sharon St.Clair

Oct 9, 2017

Sharon Bush St.Clair, 72, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on October 9, 2017. Sharon was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Jesse and Jean Bush on August 5, 1945. Graduating from Pecos High School in 1963, she attended Angelo State University, receiving her R.N. Degree from Shannon School of Nursing. She continued her studies at The University of Texas...

Richard Wilkinson

Oct 6, 2017

Richard Michael Wilkinson, 22, passed away Friday, October 6, 2017. Visitation will be 6:00- 8:00 PM , Monday, October 9, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Richard was born May 19, 1995 in Abilene, Tx. He attended Wylie...

Rebecca Young

Oct 5, 2017

Rebecca Ann Liddell Young, 78, passed away Thursday. A graveside service will be 1:00 PM Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South.

Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Saturday, October 14, 2017 1:00 PM

Refugio Patiño

Oct 1, 2017

Refugio (Kooko, Kooke) Patiño, 81, of Abilene, Tx passed away after a long illness, surrounded by his wife and family Sunday, October 1, 2017. Visitation will begin at 6:00 PM followed by a prayer service/rosary beginning at 7:00 PM, Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 S. A funeral mass will be 10:00 AM Friday...

Peggy Watkins

Sep 29, 2017

Peggy D Watkins, 78, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017 in Abilene. Visitation will be Monday, October 2, 2017 from 6:00 till 8:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Peggy was born to parents,...

Earnest Hopper

Sep 28, 2017

Earnest O "Boots" Hopper, 87 passed away Friday September 28, 2017. His funeral service will be 2:00 PM Saturday, October 7, 2017 in the Elmwood Funeral Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. He attended Kirkland High School before entering into the United States Army. He meet the love of his life...

Billie Orbison

Sep 28, 2017

Sue Orbison departed this earth to meet her Lord at 5:05 a.m. Thursday, the 28th of September, 2017, in Mineola, Texas. She was 90 years of age and was a faithful Christian for all of her adult life. A funeral service will be 11:00 AM Saturday September 30, 2017 at Albany Church of Christ, 500 North Main. Interment will...

Willis Hart

Sep 26, 2017

Willis "Wid" D Hart, 92, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 PM Friday, September 29, 2017, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 30, 2017, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Born in...

Faye Clinton

Sep 25, 2017

Faye Clinton, 98, of Abilene passed away Monday, September 25, 2017. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 PM Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rodney Watson officiating. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial...

Carol Saia

Sep 18, 2017

Carol Saia, 74, of Abilene passed away Monday, September 18, 2017. Visitation will be 9:00 - 10:30 AM Monday, September 25, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM, Monday, September 25, 2017 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Rd. Interment will be 2:00PM at Texas State Veterans Cemetery...

Roberta Newsome

Sep 16, 2017

Roberta Teston Newsome, 93, formerly of Abilene, died Saturday, September 16th, at Fountain View Assisted Living in Dallas, Texas. She was born March 11, 1924, in Hamby, Texas, one of eleven children of George and Virgie Howell Teston. She attended Captola High School and married John H. Newsome on December 4, 1942. They moved to Abilene in 1947, and...

Robert Saldana

Sep 13, 2017

Robert J. Saldana, 84, of Tye, Tx, passed away September 13, 2017. Visitation will begin at 6:00 PM followed by a rosary beginning at 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 14, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral mass will be at 10:00 AM, Friday September 15, 2017 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Rd....

Michelle Smith

Aug 25, 2017

Michelle Smith, 55, of Abilene, TX, passed away August 25, 2017. Visitation will be 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral service will be 2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Michelle...

John Newsome

Aug 23, 2017

John Hart Newsome, 94, formerly of Abilene, died Wednesday, August 23rd at Fountain View Assisted Living in Dallas, Texas. He was born September 16, 1922, in Pine Mills, Texas (Wood County), the youngest of six children of Hiram and Laura Pearl Weems Newsome. The family moved to west Texas in 1924. He attended Sweetwater High School and served in...